Hail, Surry
- When
- May 14, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Surry County, 3 mi W of Dobson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -80.767
Hail covered the ground.
Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 2:43 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:43 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:01 AM EST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-150915- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM...AND DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS LOW ENOUGH THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IF WE SEE SOME BREAKS OF SUN THIS MORNING TO PRODUCE SURFACE HEATING...THEN STRONG STORMS MAY BE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-150915- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM...AND DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS LOW ENOUGH THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PENNY SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JJ
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 14, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 14, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 14, 2006
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 14, 2006
- Hail in Louisiana, May 14, 2006
- Hail in Georgia, May 14, 2006
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 14, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 14, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 14, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14, 2006
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2006
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5508296.